CMNL Zone News
November 2010
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Wednesday 17 November
Stagecoach Gold UKBUS0032 Update
TTC Diecast.com have published an update concerning the Stagecoach Gold Cheltenham Enviro 400 bodied Scania N230UD they commissioned CMNL to produce.
Unfortunately CMNL have not been able to alter the rear of the existing ADL casting as had originally been planned when the model was first announced back in April.
TTC have decided however to accept the model with this compromise rather than scrap the project altogether. The model is now expected to be ready for dispatch in customers in early 2011.

Further details and pictures of the pre-production sample models can be found on the TTC Diecast.com site.
Friday 12 November
CMNL Press Release: CNBUS 3003
cnbus 3003 Sunwin SWB6120V4LE / Volvo B7RLE
Shanghai Ba-Shi Erqi Shanghai Expo Route 2

The greatest ever World Expo event has now closed its doors. This was the Shanghai World Expo 2010. There were 73.08 million visitors from all over the world who took a visit to this great event in the past six months, with Saturday 16th October recording a single-day figure of 1 032 800 visitors.

Creative Master Northcord Limited is pleased to announce the similar success of its cnbus 3002 model with Expo 2010 brandings and is now proud to make the official announcement of a third Sunwin SWB6120V4LE / Volvo B7RLE model.

This is cnbus 3003, a replica Shanghai Expo 2010 route 2, in service between Shanghai South Railway Station and Gate 8 at Shanghai Expo Pudong-side, in the fleet of Shanghai Ba-Shi Erqi Public Transport Company Ltd (巴士二汽).

cnbus 3003 represents fleet number S2M-004B (滬B‧D6403).
The livery is that of the Shanghai Ba-Shi Group on which many Expo 2010 decorations have been applied.

These include :
  • Front, side and rear destinations with special Expo wording
  • "Haibao", the mascot for Shanghai Expo, on the rear engine access door
  • On both sides, the wordings "Expo Bus 世博專綫 applied.
  • The Expo 2010 emblem applied to the outside of the front and rear destination glass in addition to the bodysides. The emblem, depicting the image of three people - you, me and him/her holding hands together - symbolises the big family of mankind and is inspired by the shape of the Chinese character "世" (meaning the world).
Together with the previous cnbus 3002, both models are the significant memory of Shanghai Expo 2010 to all collectors.

cnbus 3003 exemplifies all features on the new casting of a Volvo B7RLE with Sunwin body from the real bus. The cnbus 3000 range carries forward the family resemblance of the original cnbus 1000 range onto this new, low-floor range.

cnbus 3003 features excellent detailing, inside and out. This is a one-piece casting whose clean lines accentuate the windows and application of the livery on which all logos and lettering are clearly legible on the white / green paint. The model has no unnecessary metal poles to hold it together.
The cnbus 3003 model is limited to 636 pieces for worldwide distribution. They will be distributed by John Ayrey Die-Casts Limited (UK), Porte Publishing Company (Japan), Transit Graphics (Australia), cnmycar.com (P.R. China) and Concorde Hobby Shop (HK) respectively.
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